And I've started rereading Pride & Prejudice in response to watching Lost In Austen. I couldn't help it. It's the kind of world I just need to get lost in at the moment, I think. The language, the characters. The intelligent candour of Lizzie, the small-minded hilarity that is Mrs. Bennet . . . and what can one say of Mr. Darcy!?!
An excerpt:
After wandering along the lane for two hours, giving way to every variety of thought; re-considering events, determining probabilities, and reconciling herself as well as she could, to a change so sudden and so important, fatigue, and a recollection of her long absence, made her at length return home; and she entered the house with the wish of appearing cheerful as usual, and the resolution of repressing such reflections as must make her unfit for conversation.
Otherwise, it's business as usual. Poetry reviews awaiting, novel-writing and poetry mss languishing, but it's such a lovely day for a walk:
And/or some poetry reading (some Dickinson, perhaps?):
# 955
I sing to use the Waiting,
My Bonnet but to tie
And shut the Door unto my House
No more to do have I
Till His best step approaching
We journey to the Day
And tell each other how We sung
To keep the Dark away.
7 scribble(s) in the margin:
Beautiful photos. I am surprised you get anything done if you have such wonderful places to walk :)
Thanks! The places to walk around here are distracting, especially in the fall with all the luxurious colours. We've the ocean in one direction, a couple of rivers in another, and no end of woodsy areas. Spoiled for choice! No wonder my novel is languishing. :)
I'm wondering whether you've considered reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I might after my comp is over. ps, I love Dickinson. Do you know Dorothy Livesay's poem The Three Emilys?
Beautiful photographs! And Dickinson, my favorite. Gosh, it has been ages since I have had a chance to lose myself over here...so delicious.
Warbler (!): I have been debating (with myself and others :) about whether to take a stab at P & P and the Zombies. The concept is tantalizingly bizarre, but I'm nervous about what he's done to the wonderful, marvellous, virtually perfect Jane Austen prose. We'll see which wins out in the end, fear or curiosity. And yay for Dickinson, eh? She's the best! I don't think I've read Livesay's poem (though you know me and remembering titles) so I'll have to track that down and read it!
Janet: Thanks so much for that!! It made my day (which needed making today :).
Loved "Lost in Austen." So much fun to watch it all unravel. And you live in a stunningly beautiful landscape. It's a wonder you get anything done with that outside the window — or just a walk away.
It is such a treat to live in and around this kind of landscape . . . always something beautiful to glimpse.
Yes, watching P & P just come apart was surprisingly fun for me. I wasn't sure it would be, but the charm of Lost in Austen just won me over. :)
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